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Diagnostic Tests on Patients with Cushing's Syndrome
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<h3>Description</h3>


<p>Cushing's syndrome is a hypertensive disorder associated with
over-secretion of cortisol by the adrenal gland. The observations
are urinary excretion rates of two steroid metabolites.
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<h3>Usage</h3>

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Cushings
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<h3>Format</h3>


<p>The <code>Cushings</code> data frame has 27 rows and 3 columns:
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<dt><code>Tetrahydrocortisone</code></dt><dd>
<p>urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Tetrahydrocortisone.
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</dd>
<dt><code>Pregnanetriol</code></dt><dd>
<p>urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Pregnanetriol.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Type</code></dt><dd>
<p>underlying type of syndrome, coded <code>a</code> (adenoma) , <code>b</code>
(bilateral hyperplasia), <code>c</code> (carcinoma) or <code>u</code> for unknown.
</p>
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<h3>Source</h3>


<p>J. Aitchison and I. R. Dunsmore (1975)
<EM>Statistical Prediction Analysis.</EM>
Cambridge University Press, Tables 11.1&ndash;3.
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<h3>References</h3>


<p>Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002)
<EM>Modern Applied Statistics with S.</EM> Fourth edition.  Springer.
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